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        The Race is on
        
         
        This time, fashion precedes a movie’s
        release! 
        
        
        
         
ABBAS Mustan’s sprint for supremacy in tinsel world with their latest flick Race is yet to take off, but the race for sunglasses sported by leading lights in this motion picture is in progress. Folks, you are on the right track. In the race to outdo each other in the contest of good looks, younglings are picking up peepers you will see Anil Kapoor, Sameera Reddy and even Bipasha Basu wearing in the movie that hits screens on March
        21.
 
Blooming fad
 
         
        
      
        
        Bold and bright or sweet and feminine, floral prints and flower-inspired designs dominate summer fashion. So, ladies & gentlemen, refresh your wardrobe with at least one floral clothing item, suggests
        
        
 Anandita Gupta 
        
        
        THINK flower petals, delicate sprigs and bold bohemian blooms… all
        floating here n’ there. Powder pinks, jarring fuchsias, flaming
        oranges, leafy greens, muddy browns… rhapsodies of varying hues.
        Floating, fluttering fabrics, lush landscapes and floral bouquets. Well,
        that’s the fashion world’s current darling bud – floral prints.
        And while we women are climbing up the stylo-meters with all things
        flowery, can men just sit back?
        Flower power
 
      
        FASHIONHOLICS rejoice! For, as we slip into that perfectly sprightly, springy mood, here’s reason enough to indulge our inner feminity. A chance, indeed, at bringing out our soft, sensuous selves. An occasion to charm everyone around with freshness and femme fizz. And all this by celebrating something that summer is essentially about – flowers. Wondering what to do? Just stock up on a few floaty dresses and watch the magic! 
         
         
        Photos by Pradeep Tewari 
        Wardrobe courtesy: Ebony & Style Check 
        
        
        
        Pretty Packaging
 
         
        Learn modelling etiquette from Femina
        Miss India finalist Shriya Singh 
        
        
Standing at 5 feet 8 inches, Shriya Singh towers over most men in the room. But, height is not her only  asset. This Chandigarh girl who became Gladrags runner-up, Miss Tourism International-2005 and then Femina Miss India finalist last year is now back as the director of newly-launched Storm Modelling and Finishing School-8.
        Summer Bazaar
 
         
        
 A
        shopping experience worth savouring 
        
        
How about feeling the romance in the air with fluttering gossamer fabrics, juicy hues, lush, delicious accessories, object d’ art and body-skimming essentials? After all, isn’t summer the perfect time to get drenched in a shower of flirty freshness? And who knows it’s better than the annual Vanity Fair at Whispering Willows, Zirakpur, the annual spring-summer exhibition that’s come calling to the town for the 8th time. A shopping experience gone ‘bigger and better’ than the last year, the exhibition boasts of more than 80 countrywide stalls! 
        
        Photo by Pradeep Tewari 
         
Little
Interview 
        
        
 Hey Sajid!
 
        
Our ‘funny guy’ is all set to serve a
romantic comedy yet again 
        
        
 
Guess what? It’s Sajid versus Sajid once again. Yes, the Heyy Babyy guy Sajid Khan has teamed up with his favourite producer Sajid Nadiadwala for his upcoming untitled film. And he’s quite excited about it. He has a reason to be. His debut Heyy Babyy, after all, has been rated among the top ten Bollywood profit makers. And his excitement spills over the telephonic chat we have with our funny man!
Matka Chowk 
Reach out
 
A lot of these new-fangled self-help books are full of these one liners – ‘Practise random acts of kindness’, ‘Smile – it is free’, ‘Reach out – it is good for your soul’. We spend our hard-earned money to buy these books. Soon, they repose on our bookshelves and gather dust. 
 
        Play by the rules
 
         
Punjabi lyricists & music composers need to
wake up to their right to royalty 
        
Here’s an opportunity for any lyricist, composer or song publisher to get a royalty for their volume of work. All one has to do is shell out Rs 500 and become a member of the Indian Performing Right Society Limited.
        
        
        
        Fashion Feast
 
SStudio SStrings, a Noida-based fashion house, brings an imported lingerie line for women from Bangkok and Malaysia.  Meena, who represents the fashion house has  held exhibitions here earlier and brings fashion accessories like bags, shoes, belts, sunglasses and make-up kits to give her clients a complete shopping experience. 
 
        First Day First Show
 
Law & its flaws 
         
        
        
Michael Clayton 
      watchable 
        
        
        
        THERE is cinema beyond Ocean’s movies, seems to be the refrain of George Clooney who, of late, has started acting in movies that have substance and sensitivity. Syriana and Good Night, Good Luck and now Michael Clayton. The charismatic actor is the main protagonist in the racy thriller that lays bare the lows of high business with utter conviction.
        
        
        
  
        
        
          
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